Overview
- North Korea’s state media said Tuesday that Kim Jong-un reaffirmed an unwavering stance to advance relations with China in a letter to Xi Jinping.
- KCNA reported that Kim sent the reply on Monday, answering Xi’s message congratulating his reelection as general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea last month.
- Kim was quoted as calling it the party and government’s firm position to solidify and develop the traditional North Korea–China friendship to meet new demands of the times.
- He expressed deepest gratitude for Xi’s congratulations and said cooperation between the two parties and countries would grow closer to advance the socialist cause.
- Xi’s Feb. 23 congratulatory letter described the neighbors as socialist partners and reiterated Beijing’s policy to maintain, consolidate, and develop ties, with no new bilateral actions announced.